The Scroll

 

The scroll is the right to judge the earth.  Jesus is the only one who has the right to judge the earth.

 

Jhn 5:22-23

“For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him."

 

Therefore, no one has the right to take the scroll out of the Father's right hand except the Son whom the Father has committed all judgment to.  

 

Rev 5:1-7

And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.  Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”  And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.  So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.  But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”  And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.  Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

 

Why was no one in heaven able to open the scroll, not even the Father?  Jesus specifically said, "For the Father judges no one."

 

Why does the Father judge no one this time, unlike the flood of Noah?  Because, He "has committed all judgment to the Son."

 

Why does the Father commit all judgment to the Son?  So "that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father."  

 

Is God the Father not worthy to open the scroll?  The Father did not die for the sins of humanity.  Therefore, this time around He wants all to honor the Son.  If you do not honor the Son, who came to save you, then you will be judged by the Son.

 

Jesus alone is worthy to take the scroll because He alone is worthy to judge the people on earth who rejected His salvation.  He came to redeem the earth and to save all its inhabitants by shedding His precious blood but they rejected Him.  Therefore, He will judge all those who have profaned His holy sacrifice.  

 

The opening of all seven seals begins the wrath of God (great tribulation) upon the inhabitants of the earth.  The sixth seal makes this clear.  The sixth seal is the sign to the inhabitants of the earth that the wrath of God has come.

 

Rev 6:12-17

I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.  And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.  And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

 

However, God did not appoint true believers unto wrath.  Faithful believers who are waiting on the Lord will not be here during "the wrath of the Lamb."

 

1Th 5:9

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

The seventh seal is the last seal before the carnage begins.  Therefore heaven takes a moment of silence.

 

Rev 8:1

When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

 

As described by Jesus:

 

Mat 24:21

“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be."

 

It would only be right to take a moment of silence for the destruction and the suffering that is about to take place.  It is after the opening of the seventh seal and after the moment of silence is taken that the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepare themselves to sound.

 

Rev 8:1-6

When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.  And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.  Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.  So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.